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Cleaning firm sues NParks for contract breach
A CLEANING services company has sued the National Parks Board (NParks) for more than $270,000 over a contract dispute.
Primech Services & Engineering entered into a contract with NParks in November 2003 to provide cleaning and rubbish removal services for various parks in the north for a period of 23 months.
The total value of the contract was about $935,000.
But now Primech is alleging that NParks has breached the contract.
It claims that NParks had failed to pay it $203,675 for additional services it had provided in removing rubbish from parks and gardens.
Primech, represented by Mr S. Magintharan, also contends that NParks had unfairly imposed "penalties" on it by deducting about $75,000 from the payments that it was entitled to receive.
But NParks, represented by Ms Valerie Ang, contends that the "additional" work that Primech said it had done was part of the contract, and that Primech had already been paid for it.
NParks also claims that it had rightly deducted the money because Primech had neither performed its work satisfactorily nor stuck to the terms of the contract.
The three-day hearing for the case opened yesterday and continues today.
SELINA LUM
A CLEANING services company has sued the National Parks Board (NParks) for more than $270,000 over a contract dispute.
Primech Services & Engineering entered into a contract with NParks in November 2003 to provide cleaning and rubbish removal services for various parks in the north for a period of 23 months.
The total value of the contract was about $935,000.
But now Primech is alleging that NParks has breached the contract.
It claims that NParks had failed to pay it $203,675 for additional services it had provided in removing rubbish from parks and gardens.
Primech, represented by Mr S. Magintharan, also contends that NParks had unfairly imposed "penalties" on it by deducting about $75,000 from the payments that it was entitled to receive.
But NParks, represented by Ms Valerie Ang, contends that the "additional" work that Primech said it had done was part of the contract, and that Primech had already been paid for it.
NParks also claims that it had rightly deducted the money because Primech had neither performed its work satisfactorily nor stuck to the terms of the contract.
The three-day hearing for the case opened yesterday and continues today.
SELINA LUM
